The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo published an account of its participation in the 2026 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC, where it presented priorities for Kosovo’s financial sector and discussed continued technical assistance with international partners. The programme included the signing of new cooperation agreements on reserve and asset management with the World Bank Group’s Treasury and with Banque de France. Engagements with IMF counterparts covered recent macroeconomic and financial-sector developments, financial stability and structural reforms, and progress under the 2026 Article IV consultation staff process. Technical discussions with the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department focused on follow-up to earlier work including the Financial Sector Stability Review and Safeguards Assessment, support for implementing the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process, a transparency code for the central bank, crisis-management modelling, and strengthened IT supervision and cyber-risk management. With the World Bank and IFC, discussions focused on financial inclusion, digitalisation, payments modernisation and projects including Kosovo’s SEPA integration and the planned TIPS Clone fast payments platform, while meetings with the US Treasury’s technical assistance office and Clearstream addressed potential additional support on AML/CFT and proliferation financing, capital market infrastructure, and securities custody and settlement. The World Bank Treasury cooperation through the Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership moved to an active portfolio management phase under a new agreement, with part of the assets managed by the programme expected to include funds managed by the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo starting this year. Regional preparations for launching the TIPS Clone platform were reviewed against plans for a rollout this year, and the IMF also announced a decision to establish a Southeast Europe Technical Assistance Center in Rome.
Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo 2026-04-20
Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo signs new reserve management cooperation agreements during the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings
The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo reported on its participation in the 2026 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings, highlighting new reserve and asset management cooperation agreements with the World Bank Group Treasury and Banque de France and the transition of its World Bank Treasury partnership to an active portfolio management phase. Discussions with the IMF, World Bank, IFC, US Treasury and Clearstream covered macro-financial developments, financial stability, supervisory and crisis-management reforms, IT and cyber-risk supervision, financial inclusion, payments modernisation including Kosovo’s SEPA integration and the planned TIPS Clone fast payments platform, as well as support on AML/CFT, proliferation financing, capital market infrastructure, and securities custody and settlement.